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Islamist militants killed 25 Egyptian police conscripts after dragging them
from a bus in northern Sinai yesterday, marking a dramatic escalation in the
violent insurgency since the overthrow of Mohamed Morsi.

Attacks on Egyptian police and soldiers in Sinai have increased in recent
weeks, carried out by militants furious at Mr Morsi’s removal by the
Egyptian military. Yesterday’s attack was the bloodiest in years, raising
fears of a return to the widespread Islamist violence that swept Egypt in
the 1990s.

The deaths were close to the town of Rafah on the border with Gaza, an area
awash with weapons smuggled